R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, JULY 1
Space scientist S Nambi Narayanan on Friday endorsed his appointment as Brand Ambassador and Technical Advisor for the world’s first IoT powered drinking water quality delivery platform, Bookwater, in Chennai.
Addressing the media, Nambi Narayanan said, “I am happy to be associated with a brand with such noble intent and purpose, as consuming clean water is every one’s basic right. With Bookwater, drinking clean water is no longer a rocket science. Bookwater with its connected can technology is solving fundamental problems concerning drinking water.’’
- BookWater is the world’s IoT-powered quality-based water delivery platform, offering a convenient way to get high-quality, safe 20L drinking water cans delivered at your doorstep
- BookWater’s patent-pending solution for tracking quality and delivery of water cans is available in select areas in Chennai and can be booked and delivered through the BookWater app on the Google Play Store or as a web application on the BookWater website.
Bharat Govindaraghavan, Founder & Director, Bookwater said, “BookWater is a Tech Company like Tesla, as we had indigenously developed IoT Sensor to track the water cans. All the water cans are IoT enabled, a technology that can ensure quality and safety at all levels from filling station, packing, micro-distributor and till it reaches the end consumer. ‘’
He further said that every batch of cans filled with purified drinking water is connected with QR Code, if the end consumers can scan the QR Code, and check how many times the can was used, time of filling and other required details. This system will ensure counterfeiting the product.
Balachander Govindaraghavan, Co-founder & Director, said “Bookwater’s patent pending technology allows you to scan the QR on your water can and discover the “quality of water packed in your can” through sensors installed at the manufacturing locations. The process also ensures that BookWater’s cans are always genuine and almost impossible to counterfeit.’’
For the first time in the world, BookWater’s “Connected Cans” also allow you to discover the “number of times your can has been used” and when it will be upcycled just by scanning the QR.
By scanning the QR using the bookwater app on a “Connected Can”, you can also see the Packaged date, TDS levels, NABL certified Laboratory water report and expiry date of the water can.
Each “Connected Can” is tracked throughout its lifetime including filling & distribution to ensure genuineness and total peace of mind.
All “Connected Cans” are responsibly upcycled after 30 uses into T-Shirts and do not end up in landfills and water bodies, thereby enabling a “Circular Economy.”
BookWater in its vision to be an environmentally responsible platform, is against single use plastics. Every can of ours gets a new lease of life and is upcycled into fiber once its 30 cycle life is complete, he adds.
Replying to the queries, the founder-directors said that the company is planning to produce 1 lakh cans per day from the two plants commissioned in South and North Chennai. Though the company already started distributing BookWater cans on a pilot basis, it will begin distributing through micro-distributers appointed across Chennai.
The BookWater’s 20 L can is priced at Rs. 55 at customer’s end when the branded water supply companies are selling around Rs. 80 to Rs. 85 per 20 L can, they added.
12.2 % urban households rely on bottled drinking water: NSO report
As per the latest available National Statistical Office’s report, an estimated 12.2% of urban Indian households rely on bottled water for their drinking water needs – up significantly from 2.7% in 2009. Most of this water is sourced through 20L plastic water cans.
Repeated use of cans will pose health hazard
When water cans are used repeatedly, microcracks form inside the cans due to stress and UV ray damage. Microorganisms such as algae and fungi embed into these cracks and cannot be flushed out completely even with disinfectants. This is the reason why certain CANs acquire a greenish tinge and effectively put the health of consumers at significant risk. Further, the degrading CANs leech significantly more microplastics into the drinking water since their structural integrity has been compromised. Consuming these microplastics poses several chronic and long-term health effects ranging from potentially life-threatening diseases such as cancer to neurological diseases.
